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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1887-05-06

||nIN c. SHORTLIDGE'S


~ ~ ZEN miles from Broad Street Sta
iIco. PHILADELPHIA. School year l8s6-'87
opens Wednesday, September 9Th. Fixed
price coFtfs every expense, even books, etc.
No.EztTn <hafges except for music. Students
adi MI and classified al any time. No ex-
necessary for admission. Summer
Apol July and August The reg
plAr 5far opIns September 9Th, but
stQdfaI pay come At any time before Sep
(e<n7ef #h. or|ie admitted after the 9Th,
when st<tnces Occur. A boarding school Of
thf hlHh.>t grade fof>young men and boys
Que ct az best equipped, best taught and
mos aug fssful schools Ia the United States.
Twelx@ pefienced teachers, all aien and all
gradual flour Of them harvard men All
teaching ~ small classes 30 that each pupil
may axFIIndivldnal care. Special attention
70 both 'sanced and backward pupils In
divldunl and class instructions. Early def
cinneIe5 ~ tonng mems education cerrected.
Young ul'} whosb education has been neg
lected las fpcted privately. Special orror-
t1uities Ant slp le1ts ID advance tAInnly.
of lliIl and backward b0y ".
sass q aps NJ sfals AIAea etuaissni
clfs0sA nv ftl.i WA Naeilais, Staltihg, VivsFI
kngineesbiy RuFineeF Or ClAs9ril GQufU, Of
psits OF dilerent courses. Students fitted IT
Media Academy are now Ia Harvard, Yale,
University q Pennsylvana Princeton Lee
high, Lafayette, University OF Virginia, Co.
lumbia, Williams, Dickinson, Cornell, and
several Polytechnic Schools. hConditioned'
College studenM OF any class lutored In any
study and fittedg or any college examination.
A physical and chemical laboratory. Courses
OF lectures, with the best aud fullest appar-
atns for illustration. Fifteen hundred vol
umes added 10 he Academy Library 10 1888.
Physical apparatus doubled in 1883 Ten stu
dents fitted for college and admitted 10 1888,
10 10 1884, 10 In 1885, DIN 1885. Grad
uating Glass every year 10 the Commercial
Department. Fine school buildings, In which
all the students live with the Principal. No
boarding out 10 private families. Rooms car
peied and furnished with wardrobe, bureau,
table, washsiand, toilet set, two single beds
with springs good mattresses, pillows, and
an ample supply of bedding, all in complete
order, etc. Buildings carpeied throughout
and thoroughly heated by steam, Rooms for
one or two boys. No large dormItorles Rooms
lighted with gas. Media Academy sets gen.
orous table The students are not poorly fed
under the economical plea that plain food and
meagre diet are best for students. Dining
room fitted out In the best manner Experi-
enced men walters. First-class steam laun-
dry. Day and night watchmen. A gymna-
stun, with two bowling alleys and other 6x-
lures. Ample grounds for base ball, foot ball
and athletic sports. Drainage and water sup
ply perfect. No malaria The health record
of Media has few parallels. Media Academy
has all the convenences aud appliances ne
cessary 10 make II a real home and frst-class
academy. A school for the training of gem
tlemen. No hazing or other rowdysm. No
'roughing IT," Students ut this academy
must not sacrifice the home influences for an
nd M n nf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1887-05-06

Managing Mamma-"0f all things !
So you have declined sleigh-ride with
young Mr.. Richfellow. when you know
he will go right of and invite your rival,
Miss Pert" Wise daughter--"Yes.
ma, and | am just delighted to think
that is just what be will do" "You
must be crazy, what can be your object 2"
II want him to see how horribly red her
nose gets 10 cold weather"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1887-05-06

"But, Emma, how can you prefer that
plain, stability addressed Julius to my ele-
giant, handsome brother y That is very
simple your brother is In love with
himself, and Julius with me-"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1887-05-06

Dc man who spends his time woncrin'
why coons war made to climb trees am
VERY apt to miss good many chances
10 knock ODER rabbits runnin' about his
feet.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1887-05-06

II is mouruful commentary on hui
man vanity to see the mouruers looking
back. on turning corner. to see II the
procession is worthy of the corpse.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
ARITHMETIC.

Prof Luther Il. Leland. of Newton,
Mass, in a recent essay in answer to
a number of indictments, among them,
the otiense Of allowing pupils to enter
upon the active duties of life without
the ability to find, quickly and accur-
ately, tue sum OF half Il score OF
columns of fifteen or twenty figures
each; that they stumble in the simplest
questions in subtraction; that they are
quite sure to obtain a wrong result in
multiplication, especially if the multi
plicand and multipliel consists of six,
eight, or more figures; that they are
equally inaccurate in division OF simple
numbers etc, says
Some of the causes which have led
TO so unfortunate condition of things,
are, to a certain extent:
Requiring of our children, during
the first four or five years of thei
school life too difficult work i'm mum
Der; work that is beyond the menta
capacity of children so young.
TOO little purely mental work j
given throughout the pupils course o
study, and too much reliance is place.
upon slate work or ciphering.
Too little work that is truly practi
cal, and too much that will be Of NJ
use to them in practical life.
Too little time is given for Thorough
systematic drill in all of the more inn
portant subjects taught, especial
mental drill in the elements OF mum
ber
Pupils are allowed to place to
much dependence upon the book as
guide, and are not required to depcn'
enough upon their own individual
powers.
Too much class-wcrl in teachin
and too little individual instruction.
Many unimportant subjects are FIRE
| quently required, and many time
those that are important, are improp
crly classified
The curriculum of study is too fu
and too complicated. Its division
are so minute that even the teacher
get bewildered, and why should ne
the pupils?
Too little of the teachers individual
ity is allowed and too much machin
work is done,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
The origin ofGreat Corporations.


Machinery is now recognized as
essential to cheap production. No
body can produce effectively and
economically without it, and what was
formerly known as domestic manutac-
ture is now almost obsolete. Bun
machinery is one of the most eXpen-
sve Of all products. and its extensive
purchase and use require an amount OF
capital far beyond the capacity of the
ordinary individual to furnish. There
are very few men in the world possessed
of an amount of wealth sufficient 10 in
aividually construct and own an eX-
tensive line of railway or telegraph,
a frst-class steamship, or a great
factory. 1t is also to be remembered
that for carrying on production by the
most modern and effective methods
large capital is needed, not only for
machinery, but also for purchasing and
carrying of extensive stocks of crude
material and finished products. Sugar
can now be, and generally is, refined
at profit of an eighth of cent a
pound, and sometimes as low as a six
teenth; or in other words, from eight
to sixteen pounds of raw sugar must
now be treated in refining in order to
make cent; from eight hundred to
sixteen hundred pounds to make n
dollar from eighty thousand to one
hundred and sixty thousand pounds to
make a hundred dollars, or so on.
The mere capital requisite for proyid-
ing and carrying the raw material
necessary for the successful prosecu-
ton of this business, apart from all
conditions, places it, therefore, OF
necessity beyond the reach of any
ordinary capitalist or producer. 1t
has been before stated that, in the
manufacture of jewelry by machinery,
one boy can make up nine thousand
sleeve-buttons per day; four girls also,
working by modern methods, can put
together in the same time eight
thousand collar-buttons But to run
an establishment with such facilities the
manufactures must keep constantly in
stock thirty thousand dollars worth
of cut ornamental stones, and a stock
of cuif-buttons that represents nine
thousand different designs and pat
terms. Hence from such conditions
have grown up great corporations or
stock companies, which are only forms
of associated capital organized for
effective use and protection. They
are regarded to some extent as evils
but they are necessary, rs there is APP
parentlv no other way i'm which the
work Of production and distribution,
in accordance with the requirements
Of the age, can be prosecuted. The
rapidly, however, with which such
combinations of capital are organ
ling for the purpose of pro
noting industrial and commercial
undertakings on scale heretofore
wholly Unprecedented, and the ten
dency they have to crystalline into
something far more complex than what
has been familiar to the public as cor
porations, with the impressive name;
| of syndicates, trusts, etc, also cOnsti-
tute one of the remarkable features o.
modern business methods. lion. DaUiC
4. Wells ta Popular Science.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13

you, that there is lit;3- IN tcac.nne 10.
"bread and butter do something else
A threescore and ten teacher, noted
for his enthusiasm in the classroom,
when asked, why don't you give up
the drudgery?' ''Drudgery!" he ex-
claimed, ~ delight in it rs much as
any old farmer does to see his calves
grow up under his careful feedingt'
/ viii not plead for the elegance or the
aptness of the illusion. but ! enioyed
the earnest sincerity of the utterance.
Why should not teaching be a
passion? What work can one better
love? The love of it eleyates, refnes.
dignilies, and ennobles every one who
engages in it.
"All for moneys" Thank God,
thousands Of us, men and women, old
and young, can stand up, and with
some self-knowledge and the utmost
sincerity declare, Islander, thou lest!
A TEACHER.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
An TncuItiyated Girl.

80, Daisy" asked. "are you able to speak.
A sentence or two in good Latin or Greek!
"Alas," she replied. lit is all can DO
To speak. and respond in pure Enghsh 10
you"
"And can you not MARBLE an opera air -,
With tril and roulade and caoenza to spare
'To feats Of that kind may never aspire,
Though leader Of hymns in a little church
choir"
"And do you not paint on dlaphanous plate
Birds, blossoms and buttertiies.' strange 10
Inever have daisy or lily portrayed,
Not even q solemn-eyed heron essayed
'Then tell me, fair Daisy, what under the sun
You are able 70 do, or ever have done.
Surprising it is a young lady to find
Who does not with culture enliven her
mind!'
an not boast" she rejolned, ''of what can
Ny talents indeed being simple and few.
Although | can cook, aud my biscuit ana
Are never reported as heavy as lead
81 can broll bcefsteak, not fry it, ana say
(As Incidence dOes) 1T Is better that way
Then my puddings and pies my brothers
CAnd eritics they are , do great credit to me-"
"And salads Perhaps il fair Juno had made
This same, Mr.. Jove would serenely have
stuid
Like dutiful lover and husband at home,
And ne'er desired from olympus to roam.
Not striking or brilliant Of course you'n
declare
And then with half saucy and half demure
air.
She said, Though not clever, I'm sure that
] can
Promise just the right wife for-just the
right man..
C II. Thayer, in Good Housekeeping
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
How Cleopatra Killed Herself.

Or. Viaud Grand Marils, i'm a cur
ious pamphlet on the Egyptian queen,
discusses at some length hcr expert
ments ON slave, prisoners, and per-
sons condemned to death. Quoting
from Putarch he shows how she ac-
guired the gertrude that the bite of
the asp effected calm and painless
death But here the worthy doctors
reasoning begins, How, he asks, did
the asp escape and how did the two at
pendants of the queen die? Nobody
saw the serpent aftcrward and we have
the spectacle Of closed room. Of two
women iuauimate, and Of one lau~uid-
y raising her head 10 answer with dy-
ing feeblencss the messengers IF
Cesar. All this. according 10 the doc
tor. shows that charcoal poisoning had
been resortcd to, for Cleopatra. who
was a clever woman, had studied every
possible means az bringing aboas
death NJ. Naspero, tao Wct.-buown
Psychologist, tn whom the recent re-
,carehe. of which Barol Larrcy made
fuu have hccu communicated doubts
the existence ii the great Nile queen,
rs there are no monuments or hicro-
-.vphs relating 10 her LoHfa3 3c.e-
yrapd.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
Hindu Women.

During the ten years Of my resi-
dence among the Hndus, said fe-
male missionary Just returned from
India, IL never saw Hindu child re-
ceive a caresS from its mother. Scarce
" clothed, beaten and despsed, it
knows hardly where to lay its head or
to get its meals. If il is a girl, the
mother can not be fond of it, for it
may be the means of disgrace TO her.
If wife has no male child her hus-
band may divorce her. This is changed
somewhat when the child becomes old
enough to be engaged. This is .
wears. The affair is settled without
consulting the poor girl herself. And
who do YOU think finds the girl hus-
bandit The barber He knows the
I'M life, as he has to visit the house
every day so shave the male members
of the family before they can pray.
He travels sometimes weeks and
months through the country before he
can find a young marriageal C man OF
the same station in life as the girl, for
i'm India there is no intermarriage be-
tween castles.
.Now for an idea of Hindu wo-
mans home life. She lives in small
room almost destitute. The floor and
wall sare Of clay, with no ornamentation
of any sort and the least furniture pos
slble. Every morning she has to pray
not for herself, as she IS taught that
She has no soul-but for her husband,
for rain and for general blessings.
Then she spends two or three hours
preparing breakfast She doesn't eat
with her husband, but, perhaps, fans
h;n at his request During the day
time she either sleeps, goSS,ps with
other women. or sometimes n reader
reads TO them from the lives Of the
god- These stories are unfit for hui
man ears; they are vile from begin
ming 10 end. The children and women
are taught them. Alright they prepare
their husbands meal i'm the same man
uer. They are not protected against
the weather and dampness, nor are
they properly fed and clothed. The
rich live the same rs the poor. II sick
them are deemed cursed by the gods,
and are taken to the stable and lett
alone. The only food they get Is lett
bis stealth Thousands die of neglect.
lbe first day that Hindu boy abuses
hi, mother is % festal occasion with
Ills father, who boasts Of 1t TO his
friends. 70 be a widow is the sum OF
uaHappincss. She is especially cursed
by the rods. A. the husband dies,
half dozen BARRIERS wives rush upon
her and tear the jeWeHy from hertars
. F..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
Persian Women at Homo.

The Persian lady is a good house
wife. She rises with the dawn, she is
liberal in her housekeeping. kind to
her servants-a little profuse per-
haps, but then living is cheap in the
east The keys Of everything are in
the keeping of the mistress of the
house, and She is usually exact in her
accounts. All the vast stock of con-
serves and swectmcats, sirups for the
preparation of sherbcts. and pickles
in endless variety are either prepared
10y her own fingers or under her eyes.
Nor does She disdain to be Il confec-
toner and maker Of pastry. As even
iug approaches the long and clabor-
ate Persian dinner being partaken of
among the upper classes by the sexes
apart-she prepares to entertain her
husband; She VIII play to him upon the
lutte or hurmouiea; she will sing to him,
or read him to sleep with poetry; or
she win play with him at backgam-
mon or chess, or recite To him long
stories Of the style Of The Arabian
Nights. When he is sick she nurses
him. and il is her pride to see that his
wardrobe is we'll supplied and his SER
wants well clad. She will intrigue for
him, plead for him. lie for him, and
has been known to die for him. She
viii even carry her c0mplaisance SO
far as To find another wife for him.
ST. JamCSS Gazette.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
,inlhatton outdone.

Here's another thuaaef7
ming story 1t comes i.o.g 5r..
Neb.. were a young giri va
tn her room during lao.a
Her pug dog ran I'M. eae .t.a
her bosom. A fash Of
stantlv killed 1t. She 7ras ~
fnd that an image AZ M
been photographed ~ g
There seems to be no way 7
the picture, which ga g;.e.-!
color and wrinkle q i4e 49,
l0rk san.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13

so Daisy" ] asked. "are you able to speak,
A sentence or two in good Latin or CREEK
"Alas," she replied. cit is all can DO
To speak. and respond in pure Engllsh 10
Won"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-15
PATHETIC LErrkR IRON Ay UYMAPPY WIZ

PATHETIC LETTER FROM AN UNHAPPY WIFE.
Lily schwabach, agc twenty, committed suicide yes
tcrday by swallowing a quantity Of rat POISON and
arnica at hor home, No. 20 Woosterst. She was tho
fwife OF julius schwabach, manufa cturcr Of hoop
skirts and has a shop under the apartment where no
lived. His vile Of good family and he took
her to live after his marriage three months ago In
place where there nothing but squalor and hlth
rather than live longer Ia such place or to 20
oack to home she took her life. She left letter
lD her husband follows
DEAR JULIUS: lOn know well enough that / AIN
very unhappy. i asked you for home You prom
lsod that but never gave II 10 Here cannot
live. IL live thus cannot. / therefore SEQ and
feed that l have but alternative, and that is
death. l cannot but Say you wcro Kind " ING, DO
cause you halve done for all ) or could, but all
,ia.t could not make me HAPPY. Had you given me
q hvnrc then could have been nothing too much
Tor mo 10 10 Tor you, AMI you yourself would have
l~cn happy man. but In this way | cannot live
II will all be forgotten, and then you can con-
tinuc TO live y0I are accustomed to. Think some
Times your iiy. she would have loved you ha she
only had that foe which she often begged Kiss all
your sisters many Lme' for mo. Forgive me. feel
ioo unhappy. Many dear kisses from your vile.
LILY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-15
SHERIDAN. GRAsr AND THE PRESIDEYoE

W0shfnGOH
The mention OF the name OF Lieutenant General
Sheridan IN eonr cotton with the Repu blican nouDa
ton the Presidency recalls OF secret history
membered that the latter very determined In bis
opposition to Iesving the army tor civil place, even
II Il were the hi CHEST The politicians had wrestied
with hun IN vain. Tho silent vgs Of the sentres who
paced night aud day up down la front OF his resi-
depce on street saw meu like Simon Cameron Zach
Chandler, CharIes Sumner and the distinguished
cotere OF Senatorial ogarchs OF those days psssng
in 10 plead rs reason tor entering the less congenal
walks Of civil lite, tho sxfremies OF the Republican
ouid give them the ASSURANCE OF purpetnation
al party domination rs would his Candidacy Tue
hero OF the war had declined Ill overtures.
The detection Of Andrew johnson In his relations 10
the nayfy which elected him and his Issue with
General Grsnt drew Sherids n into the controversy
Per Of tho Johnsonpr policy wss the complete with
drs ssl OF military interference In the civil AFFAIRS OF
tee Siaf.s merging fF0m rebellion back into their
constitutional rrlYt1ons ~ the supreme power. AS
command at Nsw-Orlesns and practically retired him
from any active participation In military Affairs me
resnlt miitsry intrigue, In which the overruiea
officers took important part. sheridan, VINO nnd
the Confidence Of Grast and who had often been hi"
councillor had already been conferred with by the
Republicsn leaders and united his iniiusnce with
tbsrs ID efforts win Grant to an acceptance oil
the Repu bcan nom nation.
II WAS Sheridan who mac the first impression upon
Grsnt,s mind by Iointng out 10 him the indignites
nut by tho President upon ali ths oficere who we're
placed In positions BY him ~ maintaining the :eatns N
QUO pending ceneresnonRl cgisiat on that u WAS
duty he owed 10 the army contribute to ITS vndca
sion The psrttsAn considerations we're secondary In
Grants MIND but the opportunities Of Shcr'osa hso
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-15
THE MURDER OF MR.. KENNEDY.
INQUEST on THE BoDY-THE AsSAssIN's WASHING
Ton CAKEER,

INQUEST on THE BoDY-THE AsSAssINs WASHING
TON CAREER.
wAsHIxGTov, July IA coroner's inquest was
held to-day upon the body OF Joseph e. @. Kennedy,
who xns murdered yesterday by John Daily. The
Jury found n verdict in accordance wIth the facts
Daily. the murderer, was present, but manifested
peri indifference.
Little Is known to tho police with regard TO the
lattsr's history. He first made himself known to
them On December 10. 1855, when be applied to
Sanitary Officer Teeplc for permit TO hospital A
permit was issued 10 him aud he was cent to the
Washington Asylum sick and INDECENT. At that
time gave his age 6tytwo and said be Ind lived
in this city five years. The sanitary officer thinks
he had probably been spree, and that he went to
the asylum 10 get over the effects OF IT, He did not.
however, stay the lum, tor he was arrested on
December ~ by Officer Fisher for assaniting Dr.
Wallace Elliott. The assault occurred IN Pennsyl-
vana are. near the Capitol. He SAID that he struck
the doctor because he thought the latter was a
Catholic priest. lie taken before the Police Court
where he was fined $50 to stay ninety days In JAIL
lie was reeaecd from jail about March 20 Six days
later he appeared at Sanitary Officer leepies once
and was az lin sent to the Washington Asylum.
W. II. Stcutenburgb, Superintendent OF the Wash :.
ington Asylum stated to-day that Daily WAS admitted
TO the hospital by order OF Sanitary Ofoer ID. H..
feeple on March 20, 1885. and was released from
there on July IL. Mr.. Stoutenburgh says that while
there he conducted hms III In orderly manner and
gave no evidence OF Insanity. Mr. Stoutcnburgh
believes that tho knife which Daily used was stolen
10y him from the hospital. lie says that Daily has
been several times in the workhouse.